1The LORD said to me, ‘Go. Show your love to your wife again. She is loved by another man. And she has committed adultery. But I want you to love her just as I love the people of Israel. They turn to other gods. And they love to offer raisin cakes to Baal and eat them. In spite of that, I love my people.’2So I bought Gomer for 180 grams of silver and 180 kilograms of barley.3Then I told her, ‘You must wait for me for a long time. You must not be a prostitute. You must not have sex with any man. And I will be faithful to you too.’4So the people of Israel will live for a long time without a king or prince. They won’t have sacrifices or sacred stones. They won’t have sacred linen aprons or statues of family gods.5After that, the people of Israel will return to the LORD their God. They will look to him and to a king from the family line of David. In the last days, they will tremble with fear as they come to the LORD. And they will receive his full blessing.
Hosea 3
English Standard Version
Hosea Redeems His Wife
1And the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.” (Ho 1:2)2So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech[1] of barley. (Le 27:16; Eze 45:11)3And I said to her, “You must dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you.” (De 21:13)4For the children of Israel shall dwell many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or household gods. (Ge 31:19; Jud 8:27; Ho 3:3; Ho 9:4; Ho 10:1; Ho 10:3; Ho 10:7)5Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days. (Isa 2:2; Jer 23:5; Jer 29:13; Jer 50:4; Eze 34:23; Ho 1:11; Ho 14:1; Mic 4:1; Mic 7:17)